Coping in Auckland 2025

Date: Jul 5, 2025
City: Auckland, New Zealand
Venue: Drury Hall
Address: 10 Tui Street, Drury, Auckland 2113
Details: Main Hall
Contact: Organization team
Organizers: Carol Chai and Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर)
WCA Delegates: Caleb Hall and Liam Wadek

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Information

Coping in Auckland 2025 is an official World Cube Association (WCA) sanctioned speedcubing competition.

This competition is open to all competitors regardless of age, experience, or skill. No prior experience in WCA competitions is necessary.

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Main event
Competitors: 59

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There is a competitor limit of 60 competitors.
The base registration fee for this competition is $35 (New Zealand Dollar).
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Registrants on the waiting list may be accepted onto the competitor list until .
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Any spectator can attend for free.
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Kalin Doherty won with an average of 8.52 seconds in the 3x3x3 Cube event. Carol Chai finished second (8.84) and Edwin Shen finished third (9.32).

3x3x3 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Kalin Doherty	8.05	8.52	Ireland	8.63	8.05	8.16	8.76	9.54
2	Carol Chai	6.63	8.84	New Zealand	10.34	8.90	6.63	9.29	8.33
3	Edwin Shen	7.61	9.32	New Zealand	9.01	10.41	9.14	9.81	7.61

2x2x2 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर)	1.46	1.75	India	1.96	1.46	1.78	1.50	2.04
2	Carol Chai	1.65	1.86	New Zealand	1.66	3.72	2.16	1.65	1.76
3	Kalin Doherty	1.79	1.93	Ireland	1.97	1.79	2.01	2.15	1.80

5x5x5 Cube

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Brandon Harris	55.37	1:02.15	New Zealand	56.87	55.37	1:13.24	1:09.68	59.90
2	Carol Chai	57.95	1:05.45	New Zealand	1:11.03	1:00.79	1:08.96	1:06.60	57.95
3	Liam Wadek	1:06.08	1:13.06	New Zealand	1:17.27	1:06.52	1:16.68	1:15.99	1:06.08

3x3x3 Blindfolded

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Kalin Doherty	1:00.69	DNF	Ireland	1:00.69	1:45.88	DNF
2	Xavier Courteau-Laing	1:14.32	1:22.76	New Zealand	1:24.72	1:14.32	1:29.25
3	Caleb Hall	1:29.68	DNF	New Zealand	DNF	1:29.68	DNF

Pyraminx

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Carol Chai	2.13	2.79	New Zealand	3.51	2.13	2.73	3.28	2.35
2	Kaiden Ziegler	3.08	4.11	New Zealand	4.15	3.08	6.67	3.70	4.48
3	Kalin Doherty	3.84	4.29	Ireland	4.98	3.84	4.55	4.14	4.19

Skewb

#	Name	Best	Average	Representing	Solves
1	Carol Chai	3.54	3.80	New Zealand	4.18	6.61	3.62	3.54	3.60
2	Kaiden Ziegler	3.83	5.15	New Zealand	5.56	4.93	3.83	6.65	4.97
3	Brandon Harris	3.07	5.66	New Zealand	6.49	7.57	3.07	4.87	5.62